PEOPLE v. WATSON

No. 19

26 N.Y.3d 620 (2016)

46 N.E.3d 1057

2016 NY Slip Op 00998

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Appellant, v. LAWRENCE WATSON, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided February 11, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. , District Attorney, New York City ( Dana Poole and Susan Gliner of counsel), for appellant.

Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP, New York City ( Renee M. Zaytsev of counsel), and Richard M. Greenberg , Office of the Appellate Defender, New York City, for respondent.

Judges PIGOTT, RIVERA, ABDUS-SALAAM and FAHEY concur; Chief Judge DIFIORE and Judge GARCIA taking no part.


OPINION OF THE COURT

Notwithstanding the general rule that, for the purposes of conflict of interest analysis, knowledge of a large public defense organization's current and former clients is typically not imputed to each attorney employed by the organization, conflicts may nevertheless...

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